First Day of School

Hi, it's me, Ms. Marzoni!!!  Welcome to our class blog.  I will keep the blog updated each week with pictures of all the fun we have in Kindergarten.  I hope you enjoy checking it each week!

The first day of Kindergarten was loads of fun!  Our classroom is ready to go for another great school year!

Junie B. Jones was outside of our class to welcome everyone.  We will read all of the "Junie B. Jones Kindergartner" books throughout the year.  She is always one of the students' favorite story book characters.  

Ms. Marzoni and Mrs. Guthrie ready for Kindergarten

During the first day we did many activities to learn about our new friends.  The students enjoyed playing this game, they all shared their favorite foods, colors, pets, and what they were looking forward to in Kindergarten.

We read the book "The Kissing Hand" by Audrey Penn.  This is a great "first day" book.  It tells the story of a young raccoon that is scared to start school.  But the young raccoon is brave and remembers his mother's kind words throughout his busy time at school.  

We made our own kissing-hand projects.

Everyone loved playing with the blocks!

One of our favorite activities was making a "Friendship Salad." This is a fun recipe to help us learn how to be good friends and helpers in our classroom.

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

large mixing bowl

1 jar of Mandarin oranges, drained

1 can of pineapple, drained

1 can of mixed fruit, drained

mini-marshmallows

yogurt

1 very old and rotten banana

Begin by explaining that the large mixing bowl is like our classroom, there are many important things that need to go into our classroom to make it a fun place to learn.

Add the oranges, explain that the oranges are like our friends that follow directions and are kind.Add the pineapple, explain that the pineapple are like our friends that are hard workers in our class. They are always trying their best and they are "busy bees."

Add the mixed fruit, explain that these are the friends that share. They work together well in centers and share their supplies.Add the marshmallows, these are the kinds words spoken in our classroom. These words make us feel good and make our classroom a happy place.

Add the yogurt, the yogurt is sweet and represents the happy days we will have in Kindergarten.

Then pretend to add the rotten banana, ask students if they would like to eat the salad once the banana has been added. Explain that when we don't share and are not kind it is like adding something old and rotten to our salad. Things like this will add trouble to our classroom.

 We discuss ways to keep our classroom happy and agree to have a fun time learning in Kindergarten.

The students really enjoyed this activity and the salad was YUMMY!

It was a GREAT first day!!  I am looking forward to many more great days in Kindergarten!!

Coming Up....

Phonics: Ll

Math: Shapes

Thematic Unit: Our School

At the end of each post I will post a "blog password."  When your child tells me the password at school they will get a special prize.  This lets me know they have shared what we did at school with you at home.  But remember the password is top secret, so be sure to whisper when you tell it to me at school. :)

Since we are learning the letter L this week the blog password is:  LION

First Day of Kindergarten!

Hi! It's me, Ms. Marzoni, and welcome to Kindergarten!  Friday was our first day and we had a blast!  This is our first blog post of the new school year, each week I will update the blog with photos and video of all the fun we had throughout the week.

Mrs. Guthrie, our great assistant, and I are excited about a wonderful school year!

Busy on the first day!

We read some great books on Friday.  We read "The Gingerbread Man," and went on a hunt for our own gingerbread man as we explored our school!

On the hunt, we visited Mrs. DeFatta in the library.  We will have a special library time each Friday during the school year.

We met Coach Harvison, we will have P.E. on Monday and Thursday throughout the year.

The gingerbread hunt then took us to the cafeteria.

And then to the music room with Ms. Lowery, we'll have music on Tuesday.  The room looked very fun and inviting, we are all excited about music class!

We also saw Nurse Katie along the way.

And finally, our last stop was a visit with Mrs. Downs, our principal.  She even gave us our own gingerbread cookies as a great snack to end our hunt!

We also read "The Kissing Hand."  This was a great story about how to feel brave when going to school for the first time.

The students made their own "kissing hand" project to share with their families.

What a wonderful day!

Coming Up Next Week...

Phonics: Ll 

Thematic Unit: "Our School"

Monday, August 16: Open House for Kindergarten students only, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Class dues are $15, if you have not already paid these please do so as soon as possible.  The cost covers a class T-shirt ($8), class folder ($2) and music fees ($5).  You may make checks payable to "PLE".

At the end of each post I will post a "blog password."  When your child tells me the password at school they will get a special prize.  This lets me know they have shared what we did at school with you at home.  But remember the password is top secret, so be sure to whisper when you tell it to me at school. :)

Since we are learning the letter L this week the blog password is:  LION

Back to School

The first day of school was Thursday, August 6. It was a very exciting day for everyone. Ms. Marzoni's class had a great start to the new school year. The students came ready to learn and excited about Kindergarten.

During the first two days of Kindergarten we did many activities that helped us learn about one another. One activity that we did was to create a "Friendship Salad." One of our favorite things to do in Kindergarten is to cook and this is a fun recipe to help us learn how to be good friends and helpers in our classroom. Here's the recipe:


Ingredients:
large mixing bowl
1 jar of Mandarin oranges, drained
1 can of pineapple, drained
1 can of mixed fruit, drained
mini-marshmallows
yogurt
1 very old and rotten banana

Begin by explaining that the large mixing bowl is like our classroom, there are many important things that need to go into our classroom to make it a fun place to learn.

Add the oranges, explain that the oranges are like our friends that follow directions and are kind.
Add the pineapple, explain that the pineapple are like our friends that are hard workers in our class. They are always trying their best and they are "busy bees."

Add the mixed fruit, explain that these are the friends that share. They work together well in centers and share their supplies.

Add the marshmallows, these are the kinds words spoken in our classroom. These words make us feel good and make our classroom a happy place.

Add the yogurt, the yogurt is sweet and represents the happy days we will have in Kindergarten.

Then pretend to add the rotten banana, ask students if they would like to eat the salad once the banana has been added. Explain that when we don't share and are not kind it is like adding something old and rotten to our salad. Things like this will add trouble to our classroom. We discuss ways to keep our classroom happy and agree to have a fun time learning in Kindergarten.


The students really enjoyed this activity and the salad was YUMMY!

We also read the book The Gingerbread Man. After reading this book we went on a gingerbread hunt of our own. We explored the school in search for the gingerbread man. We visited the library, cafeteria, P.E. room, music room, speech class, nurse's office, counselor's office, and finally found the gingerbread man in our Principal's office. It was fun to go on the search and visit all the places in our school. Afterwards, we got to eat some yummy gingerbread cookies.

We also learned a lot about our friends when the students brought some of their favorite items from home. On Thursday night the students filled a "Getting to Know You Sack" with things that they enjoyed. Then on Friday everyone got to share what they brought from home. It was fun to see that many of us enjoyed the same things.

Next week starts our first full week of Kindergarten, we have a great class and I know they are going to learn so much. I'm looking forward to a fun and exciting year!!